Mary Carruthers

4.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
42 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Mary Carruthers is a scholar working on Classics, History and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary Carruthers has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Classics, 13 papers in History and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Mary Carruthers's work include Medieval Literature and History (14 papers), Byzantine Studies and History (6 papers) and Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (5 papers). Mary Carruthers is often cited by papers focused on Medieval Literature and History (14 papers), Byzantine Studies and History (6 papers) and Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (5 papers). Mary Carruthers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and France. Mary Carruthers's co-authors include Maurice Bloch, Barbara Obrist, Yadin Dudai, Patrick J. Geary, Derek Pearsall and Joan M. Ferrante and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Mary Carruthers

31 papers receiving 832 citations

Hit Papers

The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 2002 2008 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture
    1991 397 citations Mary Carruthers et al. profile →
  2. The Craft of Thought: Meditation, Rhetoric, and the Making of Images, 400-1200
    2002 196 citations Barbara Obrist, Mary Carruthers The Classical World profile →
  3. The Book of Memory
    2008 166 citations Mary Carruthers profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mary Carruthers United States 15 493 376 230 198 152 42 1.3k
Frances A. Yates 14 165 0.3× 268 0.7× 240 1.0× 228 1.2× 201 1.3× 52 1.8k
Erwin Panofsky United States 19 134 0.3× 287 0.8× 161 0.7× 213 1.1× 136 0.9× 117 1.4k
Paul Oskar Kristeller United States 16 189 0.4× 299 0.8× 89 0.4× 102 0.5× 110 0.7× 108 915
Willard R. Trask 15 267 0.5× 253 0.7× 481 2.1× 402 2.0× 255 1.7× 28 2.1k
Michael Baxandall United States 12 82 0.2× 236 0.6× 90 0.4× 207 1.0× 111 0.7× 36 1.1k
Erich Auerbach United States 12 194 0.4× 232 0.6× 548 2.4× 435 2.2× 210 1.4× 42 1.7k
Hans Robert Jauß Canada 13 112 0.2× 132 0.4× 466 2.0× 383 1.9× 116 0.8× 56 1.4k
David Konstan United States 17 104 0.2× 97 0.3× 98 0.4× 348 1.8× 625 4.1× 160 1.3k
Jerome McGann United States 20 91 0.2× 234 0.6× 1.0k 4.4× 325 1.6× 191 1.3× 130 1.7k
Eric A. Havelock United States 16 74 0.2× 56 0.1× 338 1.5× 375 1.9× 339 2.2× 45 1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mary Carruthers

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Carruthers, Mary. (2025). Meditation, Invention, and Designing Thought in the Augustinian Middle Ages. Boydell and Brewer eBooks.
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Carruthers, Mary. (2013). Rhetoric beyond Words: Delight And Persuasion In The Arts Of The Middle Ages. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 29 indexed citations
3.
Carruthers, Mary. (2012). Intention, sensation et mémoire dans l’esthétique médiévale. Cahiers de civilisation médiévale. 220. 367–378.
4.
Carruthers, Mary. (2012). The Gentilesse of Chaucer's Franklin. DigitalCommons - WayneState (Wayne State University).
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Carruthers, Mary. (2009). Ars oblivionalis, ars inveniendi: The Cherub Figure and the Arts of Memory. Gesta. 48(2). 99–117. 5 indexed citations
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Carruthers, Mary. (2006). Sweetness. Speculum. 81(4). 999–1013. 15 indexed citations
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Dudai, Yadin & Mary Carruthers. (2005). The Janus face of Mnemosyne. Nature. 434(7033). 567–567. 80 indexed citations
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Carruthers, Mary. (2002). The Art of Memory and the Art of Page Layout in the Middle Ages. Diogenes. 49(196). 20–30.
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Carruthers, Mary, et al.. (2002). Le livre de la mémoire : une étude de la mémoire dans la culture médiévale. 1 indexed citations
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Carruthers, Mary, et al.. (2002). Machina memorialis : méditation, rhétorique et fabrication des images au moyen âge. Gallimard eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Obrist, Barbara & Mary Carruthers. (2002). The Craft of Thought: Meditation, Rhetoric, and the Making of Images, 400-1200. The Classical World. 96(1). 102–102. 196 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carruthers, Mary. (2001). Liens entre l'organisation de la page et les arts de la mémoire. Diogène. n°196(4). 25–39.
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Carruthers, Mary. (2000). The Craft of Thought. 31 indexed citations
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Carruthers, Mary. (1994). Social memory (new perspectives on the past). History of European Ideas. 18(6). 1009–1010. 60 indexed citations
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Carruthers, Mary. (1993). The Poet as Master Builder: Composition and Locational Memory in the Middle Ages. New Literary History. 24(4). 881–881. 24 indexed citations
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Geary, Patrick J. & Mary Carruthers. (1992). The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 23(2). 319–319. 76 indexed citations
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Carruthers, Mary. (1992). Thomas Bradwardine, "De memoria artificiale adquirenda". 2. 25–43. 1 indexed citations
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Pearsall, Derek, et al.. (1986). Acts of Interpretation: The Text in Its Contexts 700-1600. Essays on Medieval and Renaissance Literature in Honor of E. Talbot Donaldson. The Modern Language Review. 81(4). 969–969. 15 indexed citations
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Carruthers, Mary. (1983). The Re-Vision of the Muse: Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Judy Grahn, Olga Broumas. The Hudson Review. 36(2). 293–293. 6 indexed citations
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Carruthers, Mary. (1973). The search for St. Truth; A study of meaning in Piers Plowman. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations

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